232 Species in Family Mormyridae
Nominal species list for Mormyridae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Boulengeromyrus knoepffleri Taverne & Géry, 1968
Brevimyrus niger (Günther, 1866)
Brienomyrus adustus (Fowler, 1936)
Brienomyrus brachyistius (Gill, 1862)
Brienomyrus longianalis (Boulenger, 1901)
Campylomormyrus alces (Boulenger, 1920)
Campylomormyrus bredoi (Poll, 1945)
Campylomormyrus cassaicus (Poll, 1967)
Campylomormyrus christyi (Boulenger, 1920)
Campylomormyrus compressirostris (Pellegrin, 1924)
Campylomormyrus curvirostris (Boulenger, 1898)
Campylomormyrus elephas (Boulenger, 1898)
Campylomormyrus luapulaensis (David & Poll, 1937)
Campylomormyrus mirus (Boulenger, 1898)
Campylomormyrus numenius (Boulenger, 1898)
Campylomormyrus orycteropus Poll, Gosse & Orts, 1982
Campylomormyrus phantasticus (Pellegrin, 1927)
Campylomormyrus rhynchophorus (Boulenger, 1898)
Campylomormyrus tamandua (Günther, 1864) Wormjawed mormyrid
Campylomormyrus tshokwe (Poll, 1967)
Cryptomyrus ogoouensis Sullivan, Lavoué & Hopkins, 2016
Cryptomyrus ona Sullivan, Lavoué & Hopkins, 2016
Cyphomyrus aelsbroecki (Poll, 1945)
Cyphomyrus cubangoensis (Pellegrin, 1936)
Cyphomyrus discorhynchus (Peters, 1852) Zambesi parrotfish
Cyphomyrus grahami (Norman, 1928) Graham's stonebasher
Cyphomyrus lufirae Mulelenu, Katemo Manda, Decru, Chocha Manda & Vreven, 2020
Cyphomyrus macrops (Boulenger, 1909)
Cyphomyrus petherici (Boulenger, 1898)
Cyphomyrus psittacus (Boulenger, 1897)
Cyphomyrus weeksii (Boulenger, 1902)
Cyphomyrus wilverthi (Boulenger, 1898)
Genyomyrus donnyi Boulenger, 1898
Gnathonemus barbatus Poll, 1967
Gnathonemus echidnorhynchus Pellegrin, 1924
Gnathonemus longibarbis (Hilgendorf, 1888) Longnose stonebasher
Gnathonemus petersii (Günther, 1862) Elephantnose fish
Heteromormyrus ansorgii (Boulenger, 1905) Slender stonebasher
Heteromormyrus longilateralis (Kramer & Swartz, 2010)
Heteromormyrus pappenheimi (Boulenger, 1910)
Heteromormyrus pauciradiatus (Steindachner, 1866)
Heteromormyrus szaboi (Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2004)
Heteromormyrus tavernei (Poll, 1972)
Hippopotamyrus castor Pappenheim, 1906
Hippopotamyrus paugyi Lévêque & Bigorne, 1985
Hippopotamyrus pictus (Marcusen, 1864)
Hyperopisus bebe (Lacepède, 1803)
Isichthys henryi Gill, 1863
Ivindomyrus marchei (Sauvage, 1879)
Ivindomyrus opdenboschi Taverne & Géry, 1975
Marcusenius bentleyi (Boulenger, 1897)
Marcusenius brucii (Boulenger, 1910)
Marcusenius caudisquamatus Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014
Marcusenius cuangoanus (Poll, 1967)
Marcusenius cyprinoides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Marcusenius deboensis (Daget, 1954)
Marcusenius desertus Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2016
Marcusenius devosi Kramer, Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007
Marcusenius dundoensis (Poll, 1967)
Marcusenius elegans Fricke & Kramer, 2022
Marcusenius friteli (Pellegrin, 1904)
Marcusenius furcidens (Pellegrin, 1920)
Marcusenius fuscus (Pellegrin, 1901)
Marcusenius ghesquierei (Poll, 1945)
Marcusenius greshoffii (Schilthuis, 1891)
Marcusenius intermedius Pellegrin, 1924
Marcusenius kainjii Lewis, 1974
Marcusenius kaninginii Kisekelwa, Boden, Snoeks & Vreven, 2016
Marcusenius krameri Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014
Marcusenius kutuensis (Boulenger, 1899)
Marcusenius lambouri (Pellegrin, 1904)
Marcusenius leopoldianus (Boulenger, 1899)
Marcusenius livingstonii (Boulenger, 1899)
Marcusenius lucombesi Maake, Gon & Swartz, 2014
Marcusenius macrolepidotus (Peters, 1852) Bulldog
Marcusenius abadii (Boulenger, 1901)
Marcusenius altisambesi Kramer, Skelton, van der Bank & Wink, 2007
Marcusenius angolensis (Boulenger, 1905)
Marcusenius annamariae (Parenzan, 1939)
Marcusenius macrophthalmus (Pellegrin, 1924)
Marcusenius mento (Boulenger, 1890)
Marcusenius meronai Bigorne & Paugy, 1990
Marcusenius monteiri (Günther, 1873) Monteiri's bulldog
Marcusenius moorii (Günther, 1867)
Marcusenius multisquamatus Kramer & Wink, 2013
Marcusenius ntemensis (Pellegrin, 1927)
Marcusenius nyasensis (Worthington, 1933)
Marcusenius pongolensis (Fowler, 1934)
Marcusenius rheni (Fowler, 1936)
Marcusenius sanagaensis Boden, Teugels & Hopkins, 1997
Marcusenius schilthuisiae (Boulenger, 1899)
Marcusenius senegalensis (Steindachner, 1870)
Marcusenius stanleyanus (Boulenger, 1897)
Marcusenius thomasi (Boulenger, 1916)
Marcusenius ussheri (Günther, 1867)
Marcusenius verheyenorum Mambo Baba, Kisekelwa, Danadu Mizani, Decru & Vreven, 2020
Marcusenius victoriae (Worthington, 1929) Victoria stonebasher
Marcusenius wamuinii Decru, Sullivan & Vreven, 2019
Mormyrus lacerda Castelnau, 1861 Western bottlenose mormyrid
Mormyrus longirostris Peters, 1852 Eastern bottlenose mormyrid
Mormyrus macrocephalus Worthington, 1929
Mormyrus macrophthalmus Günther, 1866
Mormyrus niloticus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)
Mormyrus ovis Boulenger, 1898
Mormyrus rume Valenciennes, 1847 Mormyrids
Mormyrus subundulatus Roberts, 1989
Mormyrops anguilloides (Linnaeus, 1758) Cornish jack
Mormyrops attenuatus Boulenger, 1898
Mormyrops batesianus Boulenger, 1909
Mormyrops boulengeri Pellegrin, 1900
Mormyrops breviceps Steindachner, 1894
Mormyrops caballus Pellegrin, 1927
Mormyrops citernii Vinciguerra, 1912
Mormyrops curtus Boulenger, 1899
Mormyrops curviceps Roman, 1966
Mormyrops engystoma Boulenger, 1898
Mormyrops furcidens Pellegrin, 1900
Mormyrops intermedius Vinciguerra, 1928
Mormyrops lineolatus Boulenger, 1898
Mormyrops mariae (Schilthuis, 1891)
Mormyrops masuianus Boulenger, 1898
Mormyrops microstoma Boulenger, 1898
Mormyrops nigricans Boulenger, 1899
Mormyrops oudoti Daget, 1954
Mormyrops parvus Boulenger, 1899
Mormyrops sirenoides Boulenger, 1898
Mormyrops zanclirostris (Günther, 1867)
Mormyrus bernhardi Pellegrin, 1926 Bernhard's elephant-snout fish
Mormyrus caballus Boulenger, 1898
Mormyrus casalis Vinciguerra, 1922
Mormyrus caschive Linnaeus, 1758
Mormyrus cyaneus Roberts & Stewart, 1976
Mormyrus felixi Pellegrin, 1939
Mormyrus goheeni Fowler, 1919
Mormyrus hasselquistii Valenciennes, 1847 Elephant snout
Mormyrus hildebrandti Peters, 1882 Hildebrandt's elephant-snout fish
Mormyrus iriodes Roberts & Stewart, 1976
Mormyrus kannume Fabricius, 1775 Elephant-snout fish
Mormyrus tapirus Pappenheim, 1905
Mormyrus tenuirostris Peters, 1882 Athi elephant-snout fish
Mormyrus thomasi Pellegrin, 1938
Myomyrus macrodon Boulenger, 1898
Myomyrus macrops Boulenger, 1914
Myomyrus pharao Poll & Taverne, 1967
Paramormyrops batesii (Boulenger, 1906)
Paramormyrops curvifrons (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977)
Paramormyrops gabonensis Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde & Heymer, 1977
Paramormyrops hopkinsi (Taverne & Thys van den Audenaerde, 1985)
Paramormyrops jacksoni (Poll, 1967) Ghost stonebasher
Paramormyrops kingsleyae (Günther, 1896)
Paramormyrops longicaudatus (Taverne, Thys van den Audenaerde, Heymer & Géry, 1977)
Paramormyrops ntotom Rich, Sullivan & Hopkins, 2017
Paramormyrops retrodorsalis (Nichols & Griscom, 1917)
Paramormyrops sphekodes (Sauvage, 1879)
Petrocephalus ansorgii Boulenger, 1903
Petrocephalus arnegardi Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014
Petrocephalus balayi Sauvage, 1883
Petrocephalus bane (Lacepède, 1803)
Petrocephalus binotatus Pellegrin, 1924
Petrocephalus boboto Lavoué & Sullivan, 2014
Petrocephalus bovei (Valenciennes, 1847)
Petrocephalus catostoma (Günther, 1866) Churchill
Petrocephalus christyi Boulenger, 1920
Petrocephalus congicus David & Poll, 1937
Petrocephalus cunganus Boulenger, 1910
Petrocephalus degeni Boulenger, 1906
Petrocephalus frieli Lavoué, 2012
Petrocephalus gliroides (Vinciguerra, 1897)
Petrocephalus grandoculis Boulenger, 1920
Petrocephalus haullevillii Boulenger, 1912
Petrocephalus hutereaui (Boulenger, 1913)
Petrocephalus keatingii Boulenger, 1901
Petrocephalus leo Lavoué, 2016
Petrocephalus levequei Bigorne & Paugy, 1990
Petrocephalus longianalis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012
Petrocephalus longicapitis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012
Petrocephalus magnitrunci Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012
Petrocephalus magnoculis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012
Petrocephalus mbossou Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010
Petrocephalus microphthalmus Pellegrin, 1909
Petrocephalus odzalaensis Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010
Petrocephalus okavangensis Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012
Petrocephalus pallidomaculatus Bigorne & Paugy, 1990
Petrocephalus pellegrini Poll, 1941
Petrocephalus petersi Kramer, Bills, Skelton & Wink, 2012
Petrocephalus pulsivertens Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010
Petrocephalus sauvagii (Boulenger, 1887)
Petrocephalus schoutedeni Poll, 1954
Petrocephalus similis Lavoué, 2011
Petrocephalus simus Sauvage, 1879
Petrocephalus soudanensis Bigorne & Paugy, 1990
Petrocephalus squalostoma (Boulenger, 1915)
Petrocephalus steindachneri Fowler, 1958
Petrocephalus stuhlmanni Boulenger, 1909
Petrocephalus sullivani Lavoué, Hopkins & Kamdem Toham, 2004
Petrocephalus tanensis Whitehead & Greenwood, 1959 Tana-churchill
Petrocephalus tenuicauda (Steindachner, 1894)
Petrocephalus valentini Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010
Petrocephalus wesselsi Kramer & van der Bank, 2000 Southern Churchill
Petrocephalus zakoni Lavoué, Sullivan & Arnegard, 2010
Pollimyrus adspersus (Günther, 1866)
Pollimyrus brevis (Boulenger, 1913)
Pollimyrus castelnaui (Boulenger, 1911) Dwarf stonebasher
Pollimyrus cuandoensis Kramer, van der Bank & Wink, 2013
Pollimyrus eburneensis Bigorne, 1991
Pollimyrus guttatus (Fowler, 1936)
Pollimyrus isidori (Valenciennes, 1847) Elephant Fish
Pollimyrus macroterops (Boulenger, 1920)
Pollimyrus maculipinnis (Nichols & La Monte, 1934)
Pollimyrus marianne Kramer, van der Bank, Flint, Sauer-Gürth & Wink, 2003
Pollimyrus nigricans (Boulenger, 1906) Dark stonebasher
Pollimyrus nigripinnis (Boulenger, 1899)
Pollimyrus pedunculatus (David & Poll, 1937)
Pollimyrus petricolus (Daget, 1954)
Pollimyrus plagiostoma (Boulenger, 1898)
Pollimyrus pulverulentus (Boulenger, 1899)
Pollimyrus schreyeni Poll, 1972
Pollimyrus stappersii (Boulenger, 1915)
Pollimyrus tumifrons (Boulenger, 1902)
Stomatorhinus ater Pellegrin, 1924
Stomatorhinus corneti Boulenger, 1899
Stomatorhinus fuliginosus Poll, 1941
Stomatorhinus humilior Boulenger, 1899
Stomatorhinus ivindoensis Sullivan & Hopkins, 2005
Stomatorhinus kununguensis Poll, 1945
Stomatorhinus microps Boulenger, 1898
Stomatorhinus patrizii Vinciguerra, 1928
Stomatorhinus polli Matthes, 1964
Stomatorhinus polylepis Boulenger, 1899
Stomatorhinus puncticulatus Boulenger, 1899
Stomatorhinus schoutedeni Poll, 1945
Stomatorhinus walkeri (Günther, 1867)
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